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Film Glass House Music News The Olden Days

Lost in the past…

It was 20 years ago todayish… Craig Tonkin and I released a doco, The PhanDom Menace, about a Star Wars fan club around the time of the release of the first prequel, Episode I: The Phantom Menace. It ended up being distributed on DVD around the world, marking the first time I was paid for […]

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New beginnings, hackneyed endings

Greetings, browsers of the “Internet”, Well the most exciting news of our career thus far is finally out in the open, so here it is. Bruce is “under development” with the ABC. See here or here for UNDENIABLE PROOF! So we’re heads down with our little creative team to make the final case that this […]

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Film Glass House News The Sideshow

The Sideshow and other shows on the side

Well it’s official. Saturday April 21 at 7:30pm on the ABC is the date for the premiere of The Sideshow, a new variety show hosted by Paul McDermott, and written by several people including Media Empire’s very own Warwick Holt and Mat Blackwell. The show will also feature regular stars including Tripod, The Umbilical Brothers […]

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Film Glass House News

One door closes, several revolve

G’day folks, Sorry I’ve been pretty much incommunicado lately. You probably all thought I’d shrunk into my hermit crab shell with the cancellation of The Glass House and have been hoarding ammunition and tinned food in preparation for a brutal massacre in which none will be spared. But that’s only half-true. In fact I’ve had […]

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Oh what a year (The Glass House 29/11/06)

BUSH DUCK It was the year that George Bush became a lame duck President, which is the best way to protect himself from being shot by Dick Cheney. It was the year that the US Congress was voted back in to the hands of the sane-by-comparison. DICK SHOOTING It was the year that Dick Cheney […]

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Rogues’ Gallery (The Glass House 29/11/06)

– Kerrie-Anne always let the dolphin have the first fish. – Suddenly, Kerrie-Anne’s surfboard came to life! – Good Morning Australia was originally going to be The Dolphin RodeoShow – Kerri-Anne’s first marriage just didn’t work. – A carefree creature who’s happy to work for fish, and a dolphin. – It can squirt water from […]

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Final word from The House of Glass (The Glass House 29/11/06)

So as the good ship Glass House finally sinks to the bottom of the ocean of the ABC, we’d like to thank you, the viewers, for enduring our endless repetition, following our erratic timeslot changes, and enduring our endless repetition. We’d just like to say sorry to many people, but particularly Shannon Noll, Shane Warne, […]

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Kerri-Anne accepts Keef’s Award for Eksalince in the field of Entertainment (The Glass House 29/11/06)

Wow. What a great honour. Who needs a stupid Logie? Up yours, TV Week. And to get an award in the field of Entertainment – well, it’s great to finally recognised as an Entertainer, just like I always told Mum I’d be. I’d just like to thank my friends and family for filling out the […]

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The Muslim Election (The Glass House 29/11/06)

Former Liberal Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser has warned that next year’s federal election may be the “Muslim election” as the Government continues to ramp up the rhetoric on Islam. In 2001 it was children overboard, in 2004 it was keeping interest rates down, look out for 2007 being the year of Osamas under the bed. […]

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Nanna-technology (The Glass House 29/11/06)

Scientists have come up with new underwear fabrics that can monitor heart rates and sound an alarm in the event of a health crisis. Although I don’t know how seriously the ambos take a call from a pair of jocks. Unfortunately once you put the shirt on you can never take it off or it’ll […]